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1973 Jaguar E-Type Series III Roadster for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 30 August 2014 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170The Jaguar E-Type was 10 years old and needed new life. Historyrepeated itself and it was a huge success when Jaguar debuted itsrobust new engine in a sports car instead of the saloon for whichit was designed. Despite its sports-car heritage. Jaguar dependedon saloon vehicles for its survival and had developed its twelvecylinder engine to power them with sufficient torque andrefinement. Larger and softer in nature with weight redistributed53/47. the Series III had lost the wilds of its youth but gainedthe long legged touring profile. to which it was arguably bettersuited. Robert Bell in Motor was quoted as saying at the time thatthey all expected to try a new engine. but what in fact they drovewas a new car. Not a yowling. aggressive Ferrari-like machine withwhich. perhaps. most people associate a V12 engine but a verysmooth. quiet and refined grand touring sports car.

This is a genuine UK righthand drive example that was originallyregistered on 6th September. 1973 and has only had four formerkeepers. Restored at some stage. although little is knownwhen or by whom. TPD 10M is a splendid example of theseincreasingly popular E-Types. The V12 engine sounded 'exactly asshe should' on our test drive and performed well. as did theautomatic transmission; the rest of the car performed equally wellwith no obvious faults. Finished in red with biscuit leather trimand complemented by a sparkling set of chrome wire wheels. thisSeries III roadster is in excellent all-round condition. Suppliedwith a V5 registration document and a full years' MoT testcertificate. this classically dynamic design is still a headturner.